“For sure, but I don’t think we can get around it,” Bush said. “Maybe when we finally have a first gentleman, and maybe we should be that way about the first gentleman, also, and really critique the way they look all the time.”

The wife of former President George W. Bush, who worked as a librarian and a teacher before the family occupied the White House, also said first ladies should not receive a salary while they serve, as the job comes with plenty of other perks. But she suggested the first spouse could continue working outside the White House.

“The interesting question, really, is not should they receive a salary, but should they be able to work for a salary at their job that they might have already had,” Bush said in another clip. “Certainly a first gentleman might continue to work at whatever he did. … That’s really the question we should ask.”